1. Compound Bows Recalled by BowTech Archery; Bow Can Unexpectedly Break Apart (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09132.html)
2. True Value Recalls Wheelbarrows; Over-Inflated Tire Can Cause Wheel to Break and Pose Injury Hazard (http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09133.html)
3. CPSC Public Calendar
I thought keeping it simple like this would be easier -
But if power is needed, maybe I should try a non-petroleum adaptation like:
Maybe if I dug a trench between rows I could reach the crop.
Just kidding -
Actually I got a quadracycle that I am planning to put batteries on and drive with electric motor - will post pictures when it is done. Right now we pedal it (two seat side by side) but with the sprocket sizes it came with it pedals a bit hard on grass and softer ground.
Unusual foods -
Corn Smut
Corn smut is a fungal disease that sometimes affects corn ears. Usually, farmers in the United States treat smut like an undesirable disease and make every effort to eradicate it.
In Mexico, however, the smut is prized and farmers who find their crops infected with it are happy because they know they can sell their crop for a higher price.
Ustilago maydis is the Latin name for the smut that causes the corn kernels to grow large and distorted. In the maturation process the kernels become filled with the characteristic dark, powdery spores of the fungus.
Smut corn has been prized since the Inca and Aztec times, but only recently has the taste grown significantly in the United States; programs that allow farmers to cultivate smut corn are just starting across the country. “It tastes a little like mushrooms, and it’s great in scrambled eggs,” swear recent American devotees.
Several have inquired about keeping a few chickens -
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As we shiver with the temperatures finally reaching 30 degrees and the winds a sustained 20 mph with gusts to 35 - Brrr.
Our 12 year old homeschooler came bouncing in to ‘test’ me.
If March winds bring April showers, and April showers bring May flowers, - - - Then what do May flowers bring?
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Pilgrims of course...
The joys of homeschooling - getting to laugh at the jokes and riddles I put into her daily schoolwork... (It never seems to dawn on her who put it there.)
It is fun though to see her excitement and can’t wait to tell someone... I am sure Mom will hear that one when she gets home...